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ISLAMABAD Severe heat wave conditions are likely to continue in most party of the country during next three to four days, Metrological Department reported on Tuesday. Severe heat wave conditions will prevail in plain areas of Punjab, upper and central Sindh, Balochistan and southern Khyber Pakhtunkhawa”, Met Department said. PMD also reported that thunderstorm with light rain is likely at isolated places of Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Gujranwala, Hazara division and Kashmir.
ISLAMABAD Raja Pervez Ashraf submitted an unconditional apology in the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday over a contempt notice issued by the apex court in the Rental power projects case. Wasim Sajjad, counsel for Raja Ashraf, submitted an unconditional apology letter in the Supreme Court of Pakistan and also requested the bench hearing the case to allow the withdrawal of Raja’s letter submitted to the Chief Justice of Pakistan.Earlier in March The Supreme Court had issued a contempt of court notice to
LONDON Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) chief has directed his party workers to halt ongoing protest rallies in all units and sectors till further order is issued in this regard. According to sources, the party chief also has called the meeting of MQM’s workers of all units, sectors and organizational departments.The meeting will be held at Lal Gila Ground Aziz Abad at 6 pm on Tuesday (today) in which party workers hailing from all sectors including KMOC Labour Division, Rabita Committee, KTC, Sindh Organizational
WASHINGTON A powerful tornado swept through an Oklahoma City suburb on Monday, tearing down blocks of homes, two schools and leaving at least 91 people dead, including 20 children, local officials said. The state medical examiner's office released the latest death toll but the number was climbing rapidly, as emergency crews combed through smashed homes and the collapsed remains of an elementary school in Moore, Oklahoma. Stunned weather forecasters reported a two-mile
WASHINGTON US President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Oklahoma as the state recovers from a massive tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburbs Monday, killing dozens and flattening entire neighborhoods.Obama has ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts.Individuals and business owners affected by the disaster may apply for federal grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs.Obama
BEIJING North Korea released 16 Chinese fishermen and their boat Tuesday, Chinese state media said, after reports that armed assailants had taken the sailors hostage fuelled strains between the neighbours.All the fishermen with the boat are safe on their way back," China's Xinhua news agency said, citing a Chinese embassy official in Pyongyang it said had heard the news from the shipowner. Xinhua said the fishermen had been detained "by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea
TOKYO Japan's Hideki Matsuyama has bided his time since becoming an amateur sensation, but the newly professional 21-year-old says he is now ready to take on the US PGA Tour and work towards a major title. In a year of teenage golfing phenoms, the two-time Asian amateur champion has shown the virtues of taking a slower route to success after he delayed turning pro to attend university. Now, in his rookie professional year, Matsuyama has found it was worth the wait after
December 29, 2012 
NICE Former No. 1 Lleyton Hewitt of Australia and fifth-seeded Andreas Seppi of Italy lost in the first round of the Nice Open. Hewitt, playing in this tournament for the first time, was beaten by Pablo Andujar of Spain 6-3, 4-6, 6-3. Seppi fell to Lu Yen-Hsun of Taiwan 7-5, 1-6, 6-4. Lu will next play Andujar, a semifinalist at this month s Madrid Open.Carlos Berlocq of Argentina and Robin Haase of the Netherlands also advanced. Haase faces fourth-seeded John Isner of the U.S. in the next round. Berlocq didn t face a
KARACHI The Karachi stock market’s benchmark index on Tuesday crossed the historic 21,000-point level as post-election rally continues to push share prices higher.In early trade, the Karachi Stock Exchange’s 100-share index was trading at 21,025 points, up 210.99 points, or 1.01 percent. By 09:43 am, 20.1 million shares changed hands. Dealers said that investors’ sentiment is buoyant on hopes that the Prime Minister-elect Nawaz Sharif’s government would focus its efforts towards reviving the
President summons Senate session on May 23
- Friday, 17 May 2013
ISLAMABAD According to Presidential Spokesman Farhatullah Babar President Asif Ali Zardari has summoned the session of the Senate to meet in the Parliament House on Thursday next at 10:00 am.The Presidential Spokesman said the Senate session will be addressed by the visiting Chinese Premier Li Keqiang.He said that as the Joint Session of Parliament was not possible by that date the visiting Chinese leader will address the Senate.The specially summoned Senate session will be prorogued the same day after
Leader of gang involved in Ali Haider Gilani's kidnapping arrested
- Friday, 17 May 2013
NOWSHERA Leader of the gang involved in the kidnapping of Ali Haider Gilani was captured while fleeing to Afghanistan, Dunya News reported on Friday. Intelligence agencies during an operation arrested the key suspect along with his accomplice from Pak-Afghan border area. The suspect was shifted to undisclosed location for interrogation. Earlier on Thursday, Nowshera police conducted an operation in Misri Banda area of Akora Khatak to recover Ali Haider Gilani, son of former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, who was
Lahore: PTI’s sit-in against poll rigging continues
- Friday, 17 May 2013
LAHORE The participants of the sit-in are protesting against the alleged poll rigging in NA-125 for the past six days where Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate Khwaja Saad Rafiq was declared winner against Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Hamid Khan. Protestors are demanding the Election Commission of Pakistan to investigate this “PTI mandate theft” without delay. They added that the protest would continue until the ECP took effective action.
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